Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestsellers List for May 8, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending May 5, 2024
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| Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575569 From bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking book that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable read. |
2/86 |
| 2 |
Happy Place Emily Henry, Berkley, $19.00, 9780593441190 Emily Henry's novel about a couple who broke up months ago and pretend they're still together for an annual, week-long vacation with their best friends. |
3/9 |
| 3 |
Just for the Summer Abby Jimenez, Forever, $17.99, 9781538704431 Abby Jimenez's new witty, slow-burn rom-com is an April 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
1/5 |
| 4 |
The Three-Body Problem Cixin Liu, Ken Liu (Transl.), Tor, $18.99, 9780765382030 Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion. The result is a science fiction masterpiece of enormous scope and vision. |
4/7 |
| 5 |
A Court of Mist and Fury Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575583 The seductive and stunning sequel to Sarah J. Maas's spellbinding A Court of Thorns and Roses. |
6/35 |
| 6 |
The Midnight Library Matt Haig, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525559498 Haig's book is a dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived. |
10/51 |
| 7 |
Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide- Debut Rupert Holmes, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781451648225 A delightful mix of witty wordplay, breathtaking twists, and genuine intrigue, Holmes' novel will gain you admission into a wholly original world, cocooned within the most entertaining book about well-intentioned would-be murderers you'll ever read. |
/1 |
| 8 |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $18.00, 9780441013593 Herbert's classic masterpiece—a triumph of the imagination—is now a major motion picture. |
7/38 |
| 9 |
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atria, $17.00, 9781501161933 Reid's novel is a mesmerizing journey through the splendor of old Hollywood into the harsh realities of the present day. |
/151 |
| 10 |
Throne of Glass Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639730957 Enter the world of Throne of Glass with the first book in the bestselling series by Sarah J. Maas. |
12/16 |
| 11 |
A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18.00, 9780804172707 Yanagihara's astonishing novel about love and friendship in the 21st century was a March 2015 Indie Next Pick and a National Book Award finalist. |
11/54 |
| 12 |
King of Sloth- Debut Ana Huang, Bloom Books, $17.99, 9781728289755 Charming, easygoing, and rich beyond belief, Xavier Castillo has the world at his fingertips. He'd never wanted anyone enough to chase them...until he met her. |
/1 |
| 13 |
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone Benjamin Stevenson, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063279032 Knives Out and Clue meet Agatha Christie and The Thursday Murder Club in this fiendishly clever blend of classic and modern murder mystery. |
8/18 |
| 14 |
Horse Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $19.00, 9780399562976 Based on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred Lexington, Horse is a novel of art and science, love and obsession, and our unfinished reckoning with racism. |
9/16 |
| 15 |
The Thursday Murder Club Richard Osman, Penguin, $18.00, 9781984880987 In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club. |
13/94 |
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestsellers List for May 8, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending May 5, 2024
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Paperback Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
The Backyard Bird Chronicles Amy Tan, Knopf, $35.00, 9780593536131 A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight, written and illustrated by the best-selling author of The Joy Luck Club. |
1/2 |
| 2 |
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017 Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651 A history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history. |
2/28 |
| 3 |
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20.00, 9781571313560 Drawing on her life as an Indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices. |
3/230 |
| 4 |
All About Love: New Visions bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470 All About Love is a revelation about what causes a polarized society and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering. |
4/131 |
| 5 |
Poverty, by America Matthew Desmond, Crown, $20.00, 9780593239933 Elegantly written and fiercely argued, this compassionate book gives us new ways of thinking about a morally urgent problem. It also helps us imagine solutions. Desmond builds a startlingly original and ambitious case for ending poverty. |
7/6 |
| 6 |
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741 van der Kolk transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing. |
8/188 |
| 7 |
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI David Grann, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593470831 Grann's twisting and haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history. |
5/30 |
| 8 |
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17.00, 9781984898951 From the indie rock star of Japanese Breakfast, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. |
6/58 |
| 9 |
Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire- Debut Alice Wong (Ed.), Vintage, $19.00, 9780593469736 The much-anticipated follow up to the groundbreaking anthology Disability Visibility: another revolutionary collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience, and intimacy in all its myriad forms. |
/1 |
| 10 |
Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791 A wildly funny, occasionally heartbreaking memoir about growing up, growing older, and learning to navigate friendships, jobs, loss, and love along the ride. Now streaming on Peacock. |
9/22 |
| 11 |
The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times Michelle Obama, Crown, $19.99, 9780593237489 In an inspiring follow-up to her critically acclaimed, bestselling memoir Becoming, former First Lady Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today's highly uncertain world. |
11/3 |
| 12 |
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310 A practical guide to personal freedom, outlining a way of life rooted in traditional Toltec beliefs. |
13/228 |
| 13 |
World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Fumi Nakamura (Illus.), Milkweed Editions, $20.00, 9781639550562 Beloved author Aimee Nezhukumatathil's celebrated work of nonfiction, now including additional essays and illustrations. |
10/2 |
| 14 |
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know Adam Grant, Penguin, $20.00, 9781984878120 Grant examines the critical art of rethinking: learning to question your opinions and open other people's minds, which can position you for excellence at work and wisdom in life. |
/14 |
| 15 |
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220 Gladwell offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers—and why they often go wrong. |
/81 |
Hardcover Fiction
Bestsellers List for May 8, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending May 5, 2024
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| Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
Funny Story Emily Henry, Berkley, $29.00, 9780593441282 Emily Henry's shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common is a May 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
1/2 |
| 2 |
The Women Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30.00, 9781250178633 The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on the story of all women who put themselves in harm's way to help others. |
3/13 |
| 3 |
Table for Two: Fictions Amor Towles, Viking, $32.00, 9780593296370 From Amor Towles, a richly detailed and sharply drawn collection of stories, including a novella featuring one of his most beloved characters. An April 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
5/5 |
| 4 |
James Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385550369 Percival Everett's new novel is a brilliant, action-packed re-imagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. The #1 Indie Next Pick for April 2024. |
2/7 |
| 5 |
The Paris Novel Ruth Reichl, Random House, $29.00, 9780812996302 Ruth Reichl's new novel is a testament to living deliciously, taking chances, and finding your true home. A May 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
6/2 |
| 6 |
The Familiar Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250884251 From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Leigh Bardugo comes a spellbinding novel set in the Spanish Golden Age. An April 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
4/4 |
| 7 |
Real Americans- Debut Rachel Khong, Knopf, $29.00, 9780593537251 An exhilarating novel of American identity that spans three generations in one family and asks: What makes us who we are? And how inevitable are our futures? A May 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
/1 |
| 8 |
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593422946 Bringing his masterly storytelling skills and his deep faith in humanity to The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride has written a novel as compassionate as Deacon King Kong and as inventive as The Good Lord Bird. An August 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
7/39 |
| 9 |
Remarkably Bright Creatures Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157 A charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus. A May 2022 Indie Next Pick. |
8/59 |
| 10 |
North Woods Daniel Mason, Random House, $28.00, 9780593597033 When two young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike. An October 2023 Indie Next List Pick. |
9/28 |
| 11 |
Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042 Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from bestselling author Rebecca Yarros. |
11/50 |
| 12 |
Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922 Kingsolver's brilliant novel enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero's unforgettable journey to maturity. A November 2022 Indie Next Pick and a winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. |
13/80 |
| 13 |
Iron Flame Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374172 She's survived her first year at Basgiath War College for dragon riders...but the danger is just beginning in the electrifying follow-up to Fourth Wing. |
/25 |
| 14 |
The Hunter Tana French, Viking, $32.00, 9780593493434 Tana French's new novel is a nuanced, atmospheric tale that explores what we'll do for our loved ones, what we'll do for revenge, and what we sacrifice when the two collide. A March 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
14/9 |
| 15 |
The Covenant of Water Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32.00, 9780802162175 Verghese's new novel is a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret. A May 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
10/41 |
Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestsellers List for May 8, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending May 5, 2024
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War- Debut Erik Larson, Crown, $35.00, 9780385348744 Larson brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War—a slow-burning crisis that finally tore a deeply divided nation in two. A May 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
/1 |
| 2 |
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder Salman Rushdie, Random House, $28.00, 9780593730249 From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring—and surviving—an attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him. |
1/3 |
| 3 |
Somehow: Thoughts on Love Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $22.00, 9780593714416 Lamott explores the transformative power that love has in our lives: how it surprises us, forces us to confront uncomfortable truths, reminds us of our humanity, and guides us forward. |
3/4 |
| 4 |
An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s Doris Kearns Goodwin, Simon & Schuster, $35.00, 9781982108663 Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America's most beloved historians, artfully weaves together biography, memoir, and history. She takes you along on the emotional journey she and her husband, Richard (Dick) Goodwin embarked upon in the last years of his life. |
2/3 |
| 5 |
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593655030 From New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health—and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood. |
4/6 |
| 6 |
The Creative Act: A Way of Being Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9780593652886 From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us. |
6/68 |
| 7 |
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385544764 From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook's death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day. |
7/4 |
| 8 |
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder David Grann, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385534260 The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by David Grann, one of our greatest nonfiction writers. A May 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
9/55 |
| 9 |
The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality Amanda Montell, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28.99, 9781668007976 A delicious blend of cultural criticism and personal narrative that explores our cognitive biases and the power, disadvantages, and highlights of magical thinking. An April 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
5/4 |
| 10 |
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension Hanif Abdurraqib, Random House, $32.00, 9780593448793 A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, life, and home—from the author of the National Book Award finalist A Little Devil in America. An April 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
8/6 |
| 11 |
Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present Fareed Zakaria, Norton , $29.99, 9780393239232 The CNN host and bestselling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the polarized and unstable age in which we live. |
13/6 |
| 12 |
Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent Judi Dench, Brendan O'Hea, St. Martin's Press, $32.00, 9781250325778 For the very first time, Judi Dench opens up about every Shakespearean role she has played throughout her seven-decade career, from Lady Macbeth and Titania to Ophelia and Cleopatra. |
10/2 |
| 13 |
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones James Clear, Avery, $27.00, 9780735211292 James Clear reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. |
12/105 |
| 14 |
The Age of Grievance- Debut Frank Bruni, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668016435 A lucid, powerful examination of the ways in which grievance has come to define our current culture and politics, on both the right and left. |
/1 |
| 15 |
The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing Adam Moss, Penguin Press, $45.00, 9780593297582 From former editor of New York magazine Adam Moss, a collection of illuminating conversations examining the very personal, rigorous, complex, and elusive work of making art. |
14/2 |
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| 16 |
Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Ecco, $26.99, 9780063282261 From the New York Times bestselling author of World of Wonders, a lyrical book of short essays about food, offering a banquet of tastes, smells, memories, associations, and marvelous curiosities from nature. |
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Mass Market
Bestsellers List for May 8, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending May 5, 2024
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| Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340 |
1/233 |
| 2 |
Dune Messiah Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233 |
2/109 |
| 3 |
Children of Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024 |
4/38 |
| 4 |
1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 |
3/409 |
| 5 |
The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765365279 |
5/123 |
| 6 |
The Boys from Biloxi John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593470916 |
/30 |
| 7 |
Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541 |
7/86 |
| 8 |
Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 |
6/151 |
| 9 |
The Paris Apartment Lucy Foley, William Morrow, $10.99, 9780063374317 |
/6 |
| 10 |
Private Moscow James Patterson, Adam Hamdy, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538752630 |
/3 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestsellers List for May 8, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending May 5, 2024
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| Early & Middle Grade Readers | ||
| 1 |
Orris and Timble: The Beginning- Debut Kate DiCamillo, Carmen Mok (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9781536222791 |
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| 2 |
The Eyes and the Impossible Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781524764203 |
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| 3 |
Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All Chanel Miller, Philomel Books, $17.99, 9780593624524 |
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| 4 |
Olivetti (Indies Introduce) Allie Millington, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250326935 |
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| 5 |
96 Facts About Taylor Swift: Quizzes, Quotes, Questions, and More! Arie Kaplan, Risa Rodil (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $6.99, 9780593750933 |
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| 6 |
Ferris Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536231052 |
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| 7 |
Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781338736076 |
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| 8 |
The Night War Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Dial Books, $17.99, 9780735228566 |
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| 9 |
Smile: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264 |
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| 10 |
Charlotte's Web E. B. White, Harper, $10.99, 9780064400558 |
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| 11 |
Wings of Fire: A Guide to the Dragon World Tui T. Sutherland, Joy Ang (Illus.), Scholastic Press, $24.99, 9781338634822 |
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| 12 |
Tree. Table. Book. Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $18.99, 9780063299504 |
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| 13 |
Guts: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500 |
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| 14 |
Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon) Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128 |
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| 15 |
The Moth Keeper: A Graphic Novel K. O'Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182260 |
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Young Adult
Bestseller List for May 8, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending May 5, 2024
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| Young Adult | ||
| 1 |
The Reappearance of Rachel Price Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $20.99, 9780593374207 |
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| 2 |
Powerless Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884 |
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| 3 |
Powerful: A Powerless Story- Debut Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781665966306 |
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| 4 |
If He Had Been with Me Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489 |
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| 5 |
Divine Rivals Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439 |
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| 6 |
If Only I Had Told Her Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $12.99, 9781728276229 |
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| 7 |
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $17.00, 9780593622452 |
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| 8 |
Check & Mate Ali Hazelwood, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $14.00, 9780593619919 |
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| 9 |
Five Survive Holly Jackson, Ember, $14.99, 9780593374191 |
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| 10 |
Heartless Hunter Kristen Ciccarelli, Wednesday Books, $20.00, 9781250866905 |
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| 11 |
Lightlark Alex Aster, Amulet, $12.99, 9781419760877 |
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| 12 |
A Tempest of Tea Hafsah Faizal, Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR, $20.99, 9780374389406 |
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| 13 |
Better Than the Movies Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637 |
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| 14 |
Ruthless Vows Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $20.00, 9781250857453 |
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| 15 |
The Poisons We Drink- Debut Bethany Baptiste, Sourcebooks Fire, $18.99, 9781728251950 |
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Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for May 8, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending May 5, 2024
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| Children's Illustrated | ||
| 1 |
Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718 |
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| 2 |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617 |
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| 3 |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908 |
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| 4 |
Bubbly Beautiful Kitty-Corn Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Harry N. Abrams, $19.99, 9781419768774 |
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| 5 |
Little Blue Truck Feeling Happy Alice Schertle, Clarion Books, $14.99, 9780063342705 |
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| 6 |
Oh, the Places You'll Go! Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780679805274 |
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| 7 |
Dragon's First Taco Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593533178 |
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| 8 |
Buffalo Fluffalo Bess Kalb, Erin Kraan (Illus.), Random House Studio, $18.99, 9780593564530 |
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| 9 |
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926 |
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| 10 |
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Bill Martin, Jr. John Archambault, Lois Ehlert (Illus.), Little Simon, $7.99, 9781442450707 |
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| 11 |
Penelope Rex and the Problem with Pets Ryan T. Higgins, Disney Hyperion, $18.99, 9781368089609 |
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| 12 |
Good Night, Gorilla Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035 |
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| 13 |
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905 |
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| 14 |
Make Way for Ducklings Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $9.99, 9780140564341 |
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| 15 |
Dragons Love Tacos Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801 |
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Children's Series
Bestseller List for May 8, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending May 5, 2024
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Children's Series | ||
| 1 |
Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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| 2 |
Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) Mo Willems, Hyperion |
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| 3 |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Amulet |
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| 4 |
Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback) Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic |
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| 5 |
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback) Rick Riordan, Hyperion |
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| 6 |
Who Was/Is...? (paperback) Kirsten Anderson, Gregory Copeland (Illus.), Penguin Workshop |
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| 7 |
Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers |
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| 8 |
InvestiGators (hardcover and paperback) John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second |
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| 9 |
I Survived (hardcover and paperback) Lauren Tarshis, Brian Churilla (Illus.), Scholastic |
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| 10 |
Wild Robot (hardcover and paperback) Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending May 5, 2024
16 A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575606
17 Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780593420324
18 Small Mercies
Dennis Lehane, Harper Perennial, $19.99, 9780062129499
19 Bride
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $19.00, 9780593550403
20 A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635577990
21 Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17.00, 9780593468463
22 Within Arm's Reach
Ann Napolitano, Dial Press , $18.00, 9780593732496
23 A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $18.00, 9780143110439
24 Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984806734
25 A Court of Frost and Starlight
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17.00, 9781635575620
26 The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
27 Homecoming
Kate Morton, Mariner Books, $19.99, 9780063020900
28 Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323
29 Babel
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20.00, 9780063021433
30 A Most Agreeable Murder
Julia Seales, Random House , $18.00, 9780593450000
31 Romantic Comedy
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House , $18.00, 9780399590962
32 The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570
33 Weyward
Emilia Hart, St. Martin's Griffin, $19.00, 9781250842725
34 Twisted Love
Ana Huang, Bloom Books, $17.99, 9781728274867
35 The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
36 It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
37 The Assassin's Blade
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639731091
38 The House in the Pines
Ana Reyes, Dutton, $18.00, 9780593186732
39 Pineapple Street
Jenny Jackson, Penguin, $18.00, 9780593490716
40 The Secret
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Bantam, $18.00, 9781984818607
41 Icebreaker
Hannah Grace, Atria, $17.99, 9781668026038
42 Chain Gang All-Stars
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593469316
43 One by One
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781728296197
44 The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
45 The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400031702
46 How to End a Love Story
Yulin Kuang, Avon, $18.99, 9780063310681
47 Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20.00, 9780399563263
48 The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400
49 Birnam Wood
Eleanor Catton, Picador, $19.00, 9781250321718
50 Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20.00, 9780593135228
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending May 5, 2024
16 A Book of Days
Patti Smith, Random House, $20.00, 9780593730386
17 The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $19.00, 9780593512302
18 The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape
Katie Holten, Tin House Books, $19.95, 9781959030782
19 Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics)
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11.00, 9780812968255
20 The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $19.00, 9780143129257
21 An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong, Random House, $20.00, 9780593133255
22 Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18.00, 9780593498088
23 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
24 This Wild and Precious Life: A Journal
Mary Oliver, Clarkson Potter, $16.99, 9780593580288
25 Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
Angela Y. Davis, Haymarket Books, $15.95, 9781608465644
26 Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $21.00, 9780593230275
27 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19.00, 9781250849359
28 The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
Dave Grohl, Dey Street Books, $21.99, 9780063076105
29 Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
Jonathan Kennedy, Crown, $20.00, 9780593240496
30 The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene, Penguin, $26.00, 9780140280197
31 The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening
Ari Shapiro, HarperOne, $18.99, 9780063221352
32 Stay True: A Memoir
Hua Hsu, Anchor, $17.00, 9780593315200
33 Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
Claire Dederer, Vintage, $17.00, 9780525564188
34 The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson, Vintage, $18.00, 9780375725609
35 Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228
36 HBR's 10 Must Reads on High Performance
Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95, 9781647823467
37 The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $17.00, 9781400078431
38 Cinema Speculation
Quentin Tarantino, Harper Perennial, $21.00, 9780063112575
39 Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
Simon Winchester, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063142893
40 Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
Ilyon Woo, 37 Ink, $19.99, 9781501191060
41 The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine: From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace
Michael Scott-Baumann, The Experiment, $16.95, 9781615199501
42 Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $20.00, 9781524746742
43 The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $18.99, 9781451697728
44 Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life
Emily Nagoski, Ph.D., Simon & Schuster, $22.00, 9781982165314
45 Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Oregon State University Press, $18.95, 9780870714993
46 Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships
Nina Totenberg, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982188092
47 Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807014271
48 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $25.99, 9780062316110
49 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid World
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781797212272
50 Taylor Swift: The Whole Story: The Fully Updated Unauthorized Biography
Chas Newkey-Burden, HarperCollins, $18.99, 9780008680718
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending May 5, 2024
16 Wandering Stars
Tommy Orange, Knopf, $29.00, 9780593318256
17 Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593537619
18 The Husbands
Holly Gramazio, Doubleday, $29.00, 9780385550611
19 Tom Lake
Ann Patchett, Harper, $30.00, 9780063327528
20 Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29.00, 9780385547345
21 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593321201
22 A Calamity of Souls
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $30.00, 9781538765029
23 You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World
Ada Limón (Ed.), Milkweed Editions, $25.00, 9781571315687
24 Miss Morgan's Book Brigade
Janet Skeslien Charles, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781668008980
25 The Cemetery of Untold Stories
Julia Alvarez, Algonquin Books, $28.00, 9781643753843
26 The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385546874
27 A Fate Inked in Blood
Danielle L. Jensen, Del Rey, $29.99, 9780593599839
28 A Magical Girl Retires
Park Seolyeon, HarperVia, $21.99, 9780063373266
29 I Cheerfully Refuse
Leif Enger, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802162939
30 How to Solve Your Own Murder
Kristen Perrin, Dutton, $28.00, 9780593474013
31 Expiration Dates
Rebecca Serle, Atria, $27.00, 9781982166823
32 Close to Death
Anthony Horowitz, Harper, $30.00, 9780063305649
33 The Bee Sting
Paul Murray, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374600303
34 Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies
Catherine Mack, Minotaur Books, $28.00, 9781250325853
35 Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802158741
36 First Lie Wins
Ashley Elston, Pamela Dorman Books, $28.00, 9780593492918
37 Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, Morrow, $30.00, 9780063250833
38 Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991
39 House of Flame and Shadow
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $32.00, 9781635574104
40 Until August
Gabriel García Márquez, Anne McLean (Transl.), Knopf, $22.00, 9780593801994
41 Good Material
Dolly Alderton, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593801307
42 A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers, Tordotcom, $20.99, 9781250236210
43 When You See My Mother, Ask Her to Dance: Poems
Joan Baez, David R. Godine Publisher, $25.95, 9781567928013
44 The Kamogawa Food Detectives
Hisashi Kashiwai, Jesse Kirkwood (Transl.), G.P. Putnam's Sons, $25.00, 9780593717714
45 Anita de Monte Laughs Last
Xochitl Gonzalez, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250786210
46 The Berry Pickers
Amanda Peters, Catapult, $27.00, 9781646221950
47 Home Is Where the Bodies Are
Jeneva Rose, Blackstone Publishing, $27.99, 9798212182843
48 Crow Talk
Eileen Garvin, Dutton, $28.00, 9780593473887
49 Maktub
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $24.99, 9780063346543
50 Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
Hwang Bo-reum, Bloomsbury Publishing, $28.99, 9781639732425
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending May 5, 2024
16 Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Ecco, $26.99, 9780063282261
17 Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
Charles Duhigg, Random House, $30.00, 9780593243916
18 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
19 How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
David Brooks, Random House, $30.00, 9780593230060
20 The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts
Mary Claire Haver, M.D., Rodale Books, $28.00, 9780593796252
21 The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
Margaret Renkl, Spiegel & Grau, $32.00, 9781954118461
22 Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism
Stephen Breyer, Simon & Schuster, $32.00, 9781668021538
23 The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading
James Patterson, Matt Eversmann, Little, Brown and Company, $28.00, 9780316567534
24 The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security
Scott Galloway, Portfolio, $32.00, 9780593714027
25 Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32.00, 9780593236598
26 I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
27 Secrets of the Octopus
Sy Montgomery, National Geographic, $30.00, 9781426223723
28 Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew
Emmanuel Acho, Noa Tishby, S&S/Simon Element, $27.99, 9781668057858
29 Grief Is for People
Sloane Crosley, MCD, $27.00, 9780374609849
30 Nuclear War: A Scenario
Annie Jacobsen, Dutton, $30.00, 9780593476093
31 Sociopath: A Memoir
Patric Gagne, Ph.D., Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668003183
32 Disappointing Affirmations
Dave Tarnowski, Chronicle Books, $14.95, 9781797226668
33 ADHD Is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD
Penn Holderness, Kim Holderness, Harper Horizon, $29.99, 9781400338610
34 The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain: Lyrics for Stacey Kent
Kazuo Ishiguro, Bianca Bagnarelli (Illus.), Knopf, $22.00, 9780593802519
35 Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
Cal Newport, Portfolio, $30.00, 9780593544853
36 The Little Frog's Guide to Self-Care: Affirmations, Self-Love and Life Lessons According to the Internet's Beloved Mushroom Frog
Maybell Eequay, Summersdale, $11.99, 9781837991013
37 Who's Afraid of Gender?
Judith Butler, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374608224
38 The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters
Susan Page, Simon & Schuster, $30.99, 9781982197926
39 There Are Moms Way Worse Than You: Irrefutable Proof That You Are Indeed a Fantastic Parent
Glenn Boozan, Priscilla Witte (Illus.), Workman, $15.00, 9781523515646
40 The Moth Presents: A Point of Beauty: True Stories of Holding On and Letting Go
The Moth (Ed.), Crown, $28.00, 9780593139035
41 The House of Hidden Meanings: A Memoir
RuPaul, Dey Street Books, $29.99, 9780063263901
42 The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson, Harper, $26.99, 9780062457714
43 Reading Genesis
Marilynne Robinson, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29.00, 9780374299408
44 The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society
Joseph E. Stiglitz, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324074373
45 Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End
Alua Arthur, Mariner Books, $28.99, 9780063240032
46 Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning
Liz Cheney, Little, Brown and Company, $32.50, 9780316572064
47 Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
Heather Cox Richardson, Viking, $30.00, 9780593652961
48 Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
Adam Grant, Viking, $32.00, 9780593653142
49 Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner
Natalie Dykstra, Mariner Books, $37.50, 9781328515759
50 Priya's Kitchen Adventures: A Cookbook for Kids
Priya Krishna, Harvest, $29.99, 9780358692935
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending May 5, 2024
11 Dead Fall
Brad Thor, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982182205
12 Tom Clancy Flash Point
Don Bentley, Berkley, $10.99, 9780593422809
13 Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
14 Desert Star
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538740460
15 Clive Cussler Fire Strike
Mike Maden, Putnam, $10.99, 9780593543955
16 Must Love Flowers
Debbie Macomber, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780593600573
17 The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
18 Suspect
Scott Turow, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538706336
19 Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553283686
20 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803
21 God Emperor of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098257
22 The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
23 Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
24 The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743657
25 The Dead Zone
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668035078
26 The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
27 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357
28 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400
29 The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
30 Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487
31 Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365309
32 A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
33 Carrie
Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743664
34 Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365293
35 Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062476371
36 American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
37 The Fall of Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553288209
38 And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
39 Edgedancer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor Books, $10.99, 9781250166548
40 Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225757
41 Chapterhouse: Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098271
42 Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365286
43 The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484
44 Dreamland
Nicholas Sparks, Dell, $10.99, 9780593449585
45 Elantris
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765350374
46 Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345409874
47 The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
48 The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
49 Heretics of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098264
50 The Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345325815